Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Engineering Ethics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seamus Freyne, Manhattan College; J.Patrick Abulencia, Manhattan College; Powell Draper, Manhattan College

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Engineering Ethics

understand what students think about tencontemporary ethical issues, all real cases with great complexity. The ethical issues involve thework of engineers, but the topics also fall within the realms of philosophy, politics, economics,law, sociology, and psychology. The ethical issues are as follows:1. New transportation corridors through neighborhoods. Commerce depends on an efficient transportation system, but how should society balance public interest and individuals’ rights?2. SUVs. SUVs are very prevalent on roadways now, but should they vanish?3. Agricultural enhancements. To feed a growing world population, should society employ all available technological agricultural advances or adhere to natural practices?4. Space

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wynn Tranfield, University of California, Santa Cruz

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

, or observational studies.Centering users in research is not new for libraries or engineering librarians, who have beenstriving to better understand their users for decades. This literature review highlights severalvariations of survey, interview, and focus group methodologies. Most focus on specificsubgroups of engineering students, such as members of the LGBTQIA+ community [2] orEnglish language learners [3]. Even without the confines of a degree program, finding arepresentative sample or moving beyond convenience sampling is difficult, so one unifyingtheme is small sample sizes. When examining user centered research in engineering libraries, there are numerousexamples of small studies focusing on students belonging to specific

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Randall D. Manteufel, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX Copyright  2025, American Society for Engineering Education 7 [7] Huang, B., & Lu, C. (2024, June), Evaluating ChatGPT’s Engineering-Reasoning Capabilities and Constraints Through Examples from Mechanical-Engineering Education Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. 10.18260/1-2—47342 [8] Manteufel, R. D., & Karimi, A. (2024, June), Student Use of ChatGPT to Write an Engineering Report Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. 10.18260/1-2—48021 [9] Supan, K. (2024, June), Using Artificial Intelligence Case

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G Belu, University of Alaska Anchorage

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, Y., Kono, K. & Watanabe, T., 2004, “An integrated laboratory for processor organization, compiler design, and computer networking,” IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 47, Issue 3, pp. 311-320.[5] Koku, A.B. & Kaynak, O., 2001, “An Internet-assisted experimental environment suitable for the reinforcement of undergraduate teaching of advanced control techniques,” IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 44, Issue 1, pp. 24-28.[6] Sebastian, J.M., Garcia, D. & Sanchez, F.M., 2003, “Remote-access education based on image acquisition and processing through the Internet,” IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 46, Issue 1, pp. 142-148.[7] John A. Bielec, “The Application Service Provider Model

Conference Session

Communication in Pre-College Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fatima Rahman, Tufts University; Chelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University; Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts University; Tejaswini S. Dalvi, University of Massachusetts, Boston

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Pre-College Engineering Education

. from MIT in civil and environmental engineering. Her current research includes investigating children’s engagement in engineering design through in-depth case study analysis.Dr. Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University Kristen Wendell is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ed- ucation at Tufts University. Her research efforts at at the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach focus on supporting discourse and design practices during K-12, teacher education, and college-level en- gineering learning experiences, and increasing access to engineering in the elementary school experience, especially in under-resourced schools. In 2016 she was a recipient of the U.S. Presidential

Conference Session

Studies in Faculty Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University, Department of Physics; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University

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Continuing Professional Development

chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research on an NSF faculty development program based on evidence-based teaching practices. The overall goal is to develop dis- ciplinary communities of practice across the college of engineering. The approach is being promoted through semester-long faculty workshops and then through a semester of supported implementation of faculty classroom innovations. Changes in faculty beliefs and classroom practice should positively im- pact student performance and retention. He was a coauthor for the best paper award at the FIE convention in 2009 and the best paper award in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2013.Dr. Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University Casey J. Ankeny, Ph.D

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 6

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Brichacek, Northwestern University; Ordel Brown, Northwestern University; Laura Maria Pigozzi PhD, Northwestern University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

, first-year engineering design course called Design Thinking and Communication(DTC). DTC is a human-centered design course required for all engineering undergraduatesenrolled at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The course requires students to interactwith clients and users through activities that include interviews, observation, and testing. Thewicked problems the students confront can include food insecurity, education, poverty, orchallenges for people with cognitive and physical disabilities.Our course uses the Stanford design thinking model (see Fig. 1), which begins with empathy.While this model does explain that empathy affects the defining stage of design thinking, it doesnot provide direction for sustained empathizing

Collection

1981 North Midwest Section

Authors

David Anthony Rogers; Attilio Jose Giarola; Darlene Hicks Rogers

contin-ually improving; (d) local industry is looking to the universities forM.S. and Ph.D. graduates; (e) local industry is looking to the univers-ities for research studies and results; and (f) through experience theprograms are being modified. In this paper we report on the present status of the graduate pro-grams and future trends. We emphasize that a developing country canproduce its own M.S. and Ph.D. graduates. These programs are especiallyrelevant when thesis research is directed toward serving the country'sscientific and technological needs.2-4 II. Electrical Engineering Graduate Education in BrazilGraduate Institutions To see how the graduate programs at UNICAMP fit into the overallpicture of graduate education in

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mishel Odalis Camargo, Universidad San Francisco de Quito; MiguelAndres Andres Guerra P.E., Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ; Ignacio Guerra P.

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

a wealth ofrelated information, such as specifications, costs, construction phases, and energycharacteristics (González Márquez et al., 2014).This methodology is a process that allows multiple users to work on a single modelat the same time, centralizing all project information. This improves coordination andreduces errors, as any changes made to the model are automatically reflected in allassociated documents (Coloma Picó, 2008). Therefore, it is necessary forarchitecture and civil engineering students to be familiar with these tools and thusalso develop the skill of collaborative work through the use of these artificialintelligence tools (Cartuche et al., 2023a; Viteri et al., 2023). In this way, they go outinto the world of work with the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L.W. Carter, Case Western Reserve University; Brian Yuhnke Jr, Case Western Reserve University

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New Engineering Educators

-and-learning study conducted over multiple years at The Ohio State University.10 Learning expec-tations (enumerated below), and assessment rubric (Table 1), were presented to the students on thefirst day of class. The learning objectives of the course were designed such that the course wouldadequately prepare the students for subsequent department courses, and directly assess certainABET curriculum objectives (particularly: a, e, g, h, and k).11primary learning objectives: 1. Identify how levels of structure (from atomic to microstructure) affects the physical mech- anisms (the science) that dictate material properties. Particularly mechanisms of diffusion, mechanical behavior, and phase transformations 2. Be able to describe

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nutnicha Nigon, Oregon State University; Dana Simionescu, Oregon State University; Thomas Ekstedt, Oregon State University; Julie Tucker; Milo Koretsky, Tufts University

multiple courses and terms.We found no clear correlation between expert predictions of the DL and the measured DL fromstudents. Some evidence shows that discussion during the second step made expert predictionscloser to student performance. We suggest that, in determining the DL for conceptual questions,using predictions of the DL by experts who have taught the course is not a valid route. Thefindings in this paper can be applied to assessments in both in-person, hybrid, and online settingsand is applicable to subject matter beyond materials science.IntroductionIn the 21st century, educators are responding to a rapidly changing context that includes shifts inthe social circumstances of learners [1] and the technology tools available for

Conference Session

Restructuring/Rethinking STEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

leadto parts unknown. It is often during these times that deep connections are made and lightbulbs come on. But, there needs to be some recognized way to get back on track. In theBrain, Mind and Culture class, this became eye contact and a nod between the instructors.Above all, the key elements to build into the classroom are trust and respect. There willbe moments when one discipline will shine. At other times that same discipline willappear terribly short-sighted. It is through trust and respect that the class canparadoxically be both critical and accepting.The Value Beyond the Primary ObjectivesIn this section I will explore some secondary reasons why a faculty member might investtime and energy in creating T-shaped experiences.Student

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 14

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lucas Buccafusca, The Johns Hopkins University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

some form of artistry, to produce cultural and emotional outcomes. Traditionally thisis examined through player expression interwoven with some underlying means. Such examplesinclude character creation, exploring environments, or storytelling. These three categories helpspecify the different aspects of gamification, and each have been utilized in a variety of ways inthe K-12 classroom [13], [14], [15]. Many of the studies done on gamification have been implemented exclusively in the primaryschool domain [16], [17], [18], [6]. While there have been several works focusing exclusivelyon the application in the realm of higher education [19], [20], [21] many are statistical analysesof performances or analyzing the specific impact of one

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vigyan Jackson Chandra, Eastern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

small group activities, conduct online research using their mobile devices in theclassroom, update diagrams, procedures, and calculations following interaction with peers andthe instruction provided in class or through laboratory activities and demonstrations.Graphics Aided Learning and TeachingSome engineering and technology students, and faculty members too, may recall sitting inclasses with walls of text filling the chalkboard or whiteboard. Often the heavy technical contentand the numerous steps involved in showing complex mathematical calculations require theinstructor to rely primarily on text with limited or no visuals. Even when visuals are present, it ispossible that these are not presented in a way that facilitates learning

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Centers

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, Merrimack College; Andrew L Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Heather Dillon, University of Washington; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; Glenn R Gaudette, Boston College; Douglas E. Melton, The Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Family Foundation

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

institutional practices, ultimately fostering curiosity, the ability tomake connections, and value creation in students. By offering hands-on workshops, coachingsessions, and collaborative opportunities, the various workshops within the EUFD program equipfaculty with the tools and strategies needed to embed EML across courses, curricula, and entireprograms. This program arose from within the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network(KEEN) [15], which focuses on cultivating institutional change to promote the entrepreneurialmindset (EM) of engineering and computer science students. KEEN provides a structured yetflexible framework [16] that enables educators to inspire students to think beyond technicalsolutions and consider broader societal impacts

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Scott, The Petroleum Institute; Jamal Ahmad, The Petroleum Institute

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International

, STEPS I presents students with a well-defined design-and-build problem, and then leads them through the process using the concepts of guided design.The students are also given extensive instruction in the application of soft skills that areimportant to successful design, namely teamwork, project planning, and professional oral andwritten communications. Faculty advisors from engineering and communications programsserve the role as mentors for this project. During the first three years of the program’sdevelopment, the STEPS II semester was characterized by a similar format to STEPS I, but withdiscipline specific design-and-build projects. After three years the program’s new Coordinator,Dr. Jamal Ahmad, and Co-mentor, Dr. Suzanne Scott, looked

Conference Session

ERM: Engineering Identity: (Identity Part 1)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hannah Budinoff, The University of Arizona; Vignesh Subbian, The University of Arizona; Francesca Lopez

,” Contemporary Educational Psychology, vol. 59, p. 101786, 2019.[19] G. Pfeifer and E. A. Stoddard, “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Tools for Teamwork: Asset Mapping and Team Processing Handbook,” in Beyond All Expectations: Project- Based Learning in the First Year, K. Wobbe and E. A. Stoddard, Eds. 2019.[20] C. FitzGerald, A. Martin, D. Berner, and S. Hurst, “Interventions designed to reduce implicit prejudices and implicit stereotypes in real world contexts: a systematic review,” BMC Psychol, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 29, 2019.[21] S. Hurtado and D. F. Carter, “Effects of College Transition and Perceptions of the Campus Racial Climate on Latino College Students’ Sense of Belonging,” Sociology of Education

Conference Session

Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Deng Cao, Central State University; Cadance Lowell, Central State University; Craig M. Schluttenhofer, Central State University; Augustus Morris, Central State University; Austin R. Erdman, Central State University; Torry Johnson; Jeffrey D. Taylor Jr., Central State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

)symposium in 2019, the other RA who worked on the hemp database presented his workat the Internship and Research Review Workshop at CSU in 2019. Both of them wereminority undergraduate students who had good C/C++ programing backgrounds, but nodeep learning backgrounds or research experiences before. We believe this workdemonstrated a positive example of integrating modern technology and research intoundergraduate education.To some of the students, the term project was a bit too fast-paced, and it was not alwayseasy to maintain a student’s self-learning interest. When the students faced codingchallenges, they sometimes turned to the instructor instead of working on the issues bythemselves, even the issues were not beyond their skillsets. We are

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

George V. Kondraske; Lawrence R. DiSalvi

Medicine and Biology Society (Cat. No. 00CH37143) (Vol. 3, pp. 2259-2262). IEEE.17. DiSalvi, L.R. and Kondraske, G.V., 2021. Speed-Accuracy Trade-Offs and General Systems Performance Theory: Novel Application to Fitts’ Law and Beyond. In 37th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology (p. 214).18. Kondraske, G.V. and Stewart, R.M., 2006, January. Quantitative characterization of disease severity in diseases with complex symptom profiles. In 2006 International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (pp. 3966-3969). IEEE.19. Saganis, X., Goreczny, A. J., Kondraske, G., Berman, M., Comnick, I., Allen, T., & Nussbaum, P. D. (2021). Test– retest reliability of RC21X: a web-based cognitive and

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Mulchand S. Rathod; Joella H. Gipson

urgentneed for intervention to assist and promote the representation of all people and especially under representedethnic/racial groups and women in careers that contribute to society through education, creation of new learningenvironments, and transfer of skills to future generations. In the areas of science, engineering, and technology, Public Law 99-383 gives special, directed purpose forincreasing the representation of under represented groups. The task force established under the auspices of thelegislation reported the following: America faces a shortfall of scientists and engineers by the year 2000; and theseshortfalls can only be met by utilizing all of our nations’s talent, i.e., women and under represented ethnic/racialgroups [7

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hutto; Kathryn Hollar

well-versed in the science behind thediscussion topic provides complementary perspectives. Through this activity, weshow that the effective use of rhetoric can shape public and company policiestowards new technologies. We also underline the fact that science andengineering operate within a social context.In this paper, we detail how we prepared students for class discussion, how thestasis questions of classical rhetoric shaped that discussion, and how we feel thistechnique can be expanded on.History and BackgroundIn 1992, Henry M. Rowan donated $100,000,000 to the then Glassboro StateCollege to establish a unique engineering program in southern New Jersey. Whatis now Rowan University boasts an innovative College of Engineering comprised

Conference Session

Idea Generation and Creativity in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eli M. Silk, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Seda Yilmaz, Iowa State University; Amy Rechkemmer; Jennifer Marguerite Wenger, University of Michigan College of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #17004Using Paradigm-Relatedness to Measure Design Ideation ShiftsDr. Eli M. Silk, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Eli Silk is an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton (2003) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Edu- cation from Purdue University (2008). Her research focuses on strategies for design innovations through

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiffany Simon, Columbia University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

doctoral students. However, graduate student persistence models fail tolook at the issue of persistence from the lens of graduate students of color, as the racialized,gendered, and class-based experiences of underrepresented minority groups tend to be excluded.Focusing on a marginalized population permits others to learn about persistence from theirperspective. Therefore, critical race theory was included in guiding the conceptual framework ofthis study. Critical race theory (CRT) acknowledges the wealth of cultural knowledge thatmarginalized populations possess, which is often overlooked within the scholarly literature23.Through the voice and storytelling components of CRT, the experiences of marginalizedpopulations are not only documented

Conference Session

ELOS Technical Session 1 - Fluids, Wind, and Flow

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter B. Johnson, Imperial College London; Christian Klettner, University College London

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

therecommendations of threshold concepts for course design and evaluation, as given by Land et al.[12] and applied to boundary layers. Table 2 provides practical guidelines for working withboundary layers as a threshold concept, pointing towards ‘discovery learning’.2.2 Discovery learningDiscovery learning was introduced by Armstrong, in 1898, as “methods of teaching whichinvolve our placing students as far as possible in the attitude of the discoverer — methods whichinvolve their finding out instead of being merely told about things.” [13, p.236]. Bruner built onthese ideas, arguing for the “powerful effects that come from permitting the student to put thingstogether for himself, to be his own discoverer” [14, p.21].‘Discovery’ applies beyond scientific

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christi L. Patton; Daniel W. Crunkleton; John M. Henshaw; Douglas Jussaume; Robert L. Strattan

selected for thiscompetition. The University of Tulsa, with the smallest engineering program, wasselected because of its unique interdisciplinary approach to the design process. Throughtheir involvement in this project, students have the opportunity to develop skills withintheir selected field of study and beyond their chosen major.As part of this program, the University of Tulsa has established an interdisciplinarycourse so that students working on this project may earn course credit. This course mayonly be a means of recording their hard work on this very challenging project, but insome cases, with the approval of the individual department chair, it may be used to fulfillupper-level engineering elective credits. Regardless of the type of credit

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tugba Ozdemir, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jillian Irene Linder, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Erdal Şenocak, Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

fabrication of a TE bioreactor requires significant training and lab hours whichare challenging to incorporate into a TE course and laboratory. It also requires a lot ofinfrastructure and materials to develop a good TE design course [9]. Design is a large part of engineering, and we need more of it. We need to teach studentshow to critically think through the design process. Engineering design is a systematic, imaginative,and progressive approach to problem-solving. The steps involved in the design process areproblem identification, idea generation, model development, and redesign. Several recentundergraduate engineering design activities utilized LEGOs® as suitable tools to realize designideas into an initial prototype[10-12]. LEGO® design

Conference Session

Capstone Courses II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; David Rinard, Steelcase, Inc.; Trevor Harding, Kettering University; Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

developthe environmental wisdom we need to help us know the "right answers" we must bring togetherthe knowledge we get from our academic pursuits with the experience we obtain through trialand error. Bringing together the academic world and the business world not only helps us solvethe immediate engineering need, it more importantly builds a partnership that will producegreater lasting value through students (future employees) who are attuned to the market demandsfor improved environmental performance in both business practices and products.This paper describes a new collaborative effort between Steelcase, Inc. and Kettering Universitythat will prepare future engineers, managers, scientists, and policy makers for a workplace thatplaces greater

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MC Forelle, University of Virginia; Siobhan Elizabeth Loughney, University of Virginia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

theAdvanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) rule, setting forth an ambitious goal for all passenger cars,trucks, and SUVs sold in the state to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035. Continuing its decades-long role as a leader in environmental regulation, California paved the way for the rest of thenation to embrace such standards, with an additional twelve states adopting ACC II to date.Legislative and regulatory enthusiasm for electric vehicles reaches far beyond CARB’s rule asthe Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) allocated over $7.5billion to EV infrastructure and another $43 billion to projects ranging from batterymanufacturing to workforce transition for auto workers[1]. However, the goals set out by ACC IIwill require

Conference Session

The Best of First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darlee Gerrard, University of Toronto; Kirstin Newfield, University of Toronto; Narges Balouchestani Asli, University of Toronto; Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

from Memorial University. Her research interests include exploring STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education through co- curricular and non-formal learning experiences, and investigating the equity and accessibility of STEM and post-secondary education.Ms. Kirstin Newfield, University of Toronto Kirstin is a PhD candidate in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Toronto and a part of the Collaborative Program in Engineering Education. Kirstin previously received a MASc in Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto and a BASc in Geological Engineering at Queen’s University.Mrs. Narges Balouchestani Asli, University of Toronto Narges Balouchestani-Asli holds an M.A.Sc. in

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Evans; H. Michael Cheung; Rex Ramsier; Francis Broadway; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

alternating coop education semesters that causes agap in both maturity and experience between juniors and seniors. Seniors will have completed 3semesters of work experience while juniors will not have started their coop work experiences. Atypical distribution of students by level is 32 seniors, 32 juniors, 38 sophomores, and 50freshmen. Last Fall, we assigned non-engineers, specifically K-12 teachers or teacher candidatesto half of the teams. During the Fall of 2003, we had 16 teams for a total of 137 chemicalengineering majors, six K-12 educators, 4 engineering faculty mentors and 12 industrial team mentors.Purposely-constructed teams consisting of all chemical engineering freshmen through seniorscome together to work on an open-ended design problem